The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2163
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
1:18 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2978
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.2° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 29m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.01° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.21° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.